The Reformation changed conceptions of the family by
A)substantially transforming women's subordinate place in society.
B)creating new career avenues for women outside the home.
C)extolling the superior state of marriage over celibacy.
D)encouraging women to take more dominant roles in religious life.
E)establishing exclusively Protestant nunneries.

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The Reformation emphasized the importance of marriage and family, promoting the idea that marriage was the superior state compared to celibacy in religious life. This promoted the ideal of the nuclear family and patriarchal authority within it. However, the Reformation did not substantially transform women's subordinate place in society, create new career avenues for women, encourage them to take more dominant roles in religious life, or establish exclusively Protestant nunneries.

The Reformation Changed Conceptions of the Family by